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The game finished goalless.
The Red Devils have got into a habit of winning through penalties in knock-out tournament. Earlier this year in the 29th Federation Cup too, Mahindra entered the final by winning the quarterfinals and the semifinals on penalties.
The Mumbai outfit is now the first team to enter the finals of Durand Cup despite having scored just a single goal in regulation time which was also through a penalty.
The match lacked excitement and the only constant feature of the match was the ball being passed around midfield.
Both teams had their half chances.
Towards the end of first half, Andrew Mensah of Mahindra hit the post after a flick on by Indian national team player Manjit Singh.
The second half saw Anil Kumar come on as substitute for Salgaocar and up the tempo for a few minutes.
The game went into extra time and luckily for Mahindra - into penalties.
This time it was skipper Sandip Nandy who was the Mahindra custodian for the shootout.
Salgaocar captain Rocus Lamare missed the opener for the Goans and Shylo Malswamtulunga followed suit.
Yusif Yakubu, Harpreet Singh, Douhou and Sunil Kumar scored for the Red Devils.
Mahindra face Churchill Brothers on Wednesday.




source:goal.com